Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)

Description

The Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) v6.2 is a 5-day instructor-led course that focuses on data center design based on Cisco solutions. The course includes theoretical content, as well as design-oriented case studies that are in the form of activities. This course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco CCNP Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles.

Describe virtual appliances that are deployed in a data center network

Describe device management and orchestration in the data center

Design a data center storage network

Describe the storage options for the compute and the different RAID levels from a HA and performance perspective

Describe Fibre Channel concepts and architecture

Describe Fibre Channel topologies and industry terms

Describe how Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks converge

Describe security options in the storage network

Describe management and automation options for the storage networking infrastructure

Describe Cisco UCS servers and use cases for various Cisco UCS platforms (B-Series and C-Series)

Explain the connectivity options in the Fabric Interconnects for south- and northbound connections. Describe port personalities and oversubscription models. Distinguish between the EHV and switching mode, and between the NPV and Fibre Channel switching mode. Describe split brain and partition in time issue with the Fabric Interconnects for HA.

Describe the hyper convergence solution and how it integrates systems based on different storage vendors. Compare storage vendors and evaluate the advantages for each stacked solution.

Describe the different management options for Cisco UCS. Design the management solution in HA mode and describe integration with the Cisco UCS domain.

Describe a Cisco UCS design using different applications and scenarios

Describe the system-wide parameters to setup a Cisco UCS domain including monitoring, QoS, and organizations

to build up a management hierarchy in the Cisco UCS domain

Describe RBAC and integration with directory servers to control access rights on Cisco UCS Manager

Describe the pools that may be used in service profiles or service profile templates on Cisco UCS Manager. Describe the design and best practices for naming conventions.

Describe the different policies you may set in the service profile to achieve and fulfill customer or application requirements